Valentina Shevchenko vs. Katlyn Chookagian Set For Feb. 8

Valentina Shevchenko has her next flyweight title defense set. She will take on number one contender, Katlyn Chookagian on Feb. 8. ESPN was first to report the news. Feb. 8 is expected to be in Houston, Texas. The event is scheduled to be named UFC 247…

Valentina Shevchenko has her next flyweight title defense set. She will take on number one contender, Katlyn Chookagian on Feb. 8. ESPN was first to report the news. Feb. 8 is expected to be in Houston, Texas. The event is scheduled to be named UFC 247 barring Conor McGregor’s return on Jan. 18 happens and […]

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Conor McGregor Believes Valentina Shevchenko Would Defeat Henry Cejudo

Conor McGregor feels Valentina Shevchenko would get the upper hand over Henry Cejudo inside the Octagon. Cejudo made some waves when he issued a challenge to women’s flyweight champion Shevchenko. Cejudo is known for taking his “cringe&#822…

Conor McGregor feels Valentina Shevchenko would get the upper hand over Henry Cejudo inside the Octagon. Cejudo made some waves when he issued a challenge to women’s flyweight champion Shevchenko. Cejudo is known for taking his “cringe” shtick to new heights, and his callouts of women’s champions were in full effect over the summer. Ultimately, […]

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Conor McGregor Believes Valentina Shevchenko Would ‘Spark’ Henry Cejudo In Fight

Conor McGregor would lean towards Valentina Shevchenko if she were to face Henry Cejudo in an intergender fight. Ever since winning the bantamweight title and becoming a two-division champion in the process, Cejudo has joked around by constantly calling out female fighters in an attempt to earn more gold. One of his callouts was to […]

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Conor McGregor would lean towards Valentina Shevchenko if she were to face Henry Cejudo in an intergender fight.

Ever since winning the bantamweight title and becoming a two-division champion in the process, Cejudo has joked around by constantly calling out female fighters in an attempt to earn more gold.

One of his callouts was to women’s flyweight champion Shevchenko and the two have have even jokingly faced off against each other. While a real fight between the pair would likely never happen, it’s a debate nonetheless with mixed martial arts fans.

While most agree that a male fighter would usually always beat his female counterpart in the same division, McGregor picks Shevchenko to come out on top:

“I’d go Valentina Shevchenko,” McGregor said when asked of the matchup during his recent whiskey tour in Russia. “I tell you what, that Shevchenko, that woman – the Shevchenko sisters are phenomenal fighters. Valentina is unbelievable. One of the greatest female fighters there ever was.

“So I would say Valentina, with the length and the range and the dangerous strikes, would probably spark Henry.”

The Irishman is probably poking fun at Cejudo, but then again, who knows for sure?

Do you think Shevchenko could beat Cejudo in a fight?

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UFC Rankings Update: Valentina Shevchenko Passes Conor McGregor On P4P List

We have a new UFC rankings update to pass along after this past weekend’s UFC Mexico City event. The event was rather uneventful, with the main event ending in extremely disappointing fashion, as Yair Rodriguez eye poked Jeremy Stephens in just 15 seconds, ending the bout and resulting in a No Contest. Now, in the […]

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We have a new UFC rankings update to pass along after this past weekend’s UFC Mexico City event.

The event was rather uneventful, with the main event ending in extremely disappointing fashion, as Yair Rodriguez eye poked Jeremy Stephens in just 15 seconds, ending the bout and resulting in a No Contest. Now, in the new UFC rankings update (H/T MMA Mania), UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has passed up Conor McGregor on the pound-for-pound rankings list.

Check out the UFC rankings update below.

UFC Rankings Update:

POUND-FOR-POUND

1. Jon Jones
2. Khabib Nurmagomedov
3. Henry Cejudo
4. Stipe Miocic
5. Amanda Nunes
6. Daniel Cormier
7. Max Holloway
8. Kamaru Usman
9. Robert Whittaker +1
10. Tony Ferguson -1
11. Valentina Shevchenko +1
12. Conor McGregor -1
13. Dustin Poirier
14. Israel Adesanya
15. Tyron Woodley

FLYWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

1. Joseph Benavidez
2. Jussier Formiga
3. Deiveson Figueiredo
4. Alexandre Pantoja
5. Sergio Pettis
6. Tim Elliott
7. (T) Brandon Moreno +1
7. (T) Kai Kara France +1
9. Brandon Moreno
10. Matt Schnell
11. Jordan Espinosa
12. Alex Perez +1
13. Ryan Benoit -1
14. Mark De La Rosa
15. Raulian Paiva

BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: HENRY CEJUDO

1. Marlon Moraes
2. Aljamain Sterling
3. Cory Sandhagen
4. Petr Yan
5. Raphael Assuncao
6. Pedro Munhoz
7. Dominick Cruz
8. Jimmie Rivera
9. Cody Garbrandt
10. Cody Stamann
11. Rob Font
12. John Dodson
13. Song Yadong
14. Urijah Faber
15. Thomas Almeida

FEATHERWEIGHT

Champion: MAX HOLLOWAY

1. Alexander Volkanovski
2. Brian Ortega
3. Jose Aldo
4. Frankie Edgar
5. Zabit Magomedsharipov
6. Chan Sung Jung
7. Yair Rodriguez
8. Jeremy Stephens
9. Renato Moicano
10. Josh Emmett
11. Calvin Kattar
12. Shane Burgos
13. Mirsad Bektic
14. Ryan Hall
15. Arnold Allen

LIGHTWEIGHT

Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

1. Tony Ferguson
2. Dustin Poirier
3. Conor McGregor
4. Justin Gaethje
5. Donald Cerrone
6. Al Iaquinta
7. Paul Felder
8. Kevin Lee
9. Edson Barboza
10. Anthony Pettis
11. Gregor Gillespie
12. Charles Oliveira
13. Alexander Hernandez
14. Islam Makhachev
15. Dan Hooker

WELTERWEIGHT

Champion: KAMARU USMAN

1. Tyron Woodley
2. Colby Covington
3. Jorge Masvidal
4. Leon Edwards
5. Rafael dos Anjos
6. Nate Diaz
7. Santiago Ponzinibbio
8. Darren Till
9. Stephen Thompson
10. Demian Maia
11. Ben Askren
12. Anthony Pettis
13. Robbie Lawler
14. Vicente Luque
15. Neil Magny

MIDDLEWEIGHT

Champion: ROBERT WHITTAKER

1. Israel Adesanya (Interim champion)
2. Paulo Costa
3. Yoel Romero
4. Kelvin Gastelum
5. Jack Hermansson
6. Ronaldo Souza
7. Chris Weidman
8. Derek Brunson
9. Jared Cannonier
10. Ian Heinisch
11. Uriah Hall
12. Brad Tavares
13. Antonio Carlos Junior
14. Edmen Shahbazyan
15. Omari Akhmedov

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: JON JONES

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Thiago Santos
3. Anthony Smith
4. Dominick Reyes
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Alexander Gustafsson
7. Corey Anderson
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Glover Teixeira
10. (T) Johnny Walker
10. (T) Aleksandar Rakic
12. Ilir Latifi
13. Misha Cirkunov
14. Mauricio Rua
15. Nikita Krylov

HEAVYWEIGHT

Champion: STIPE MIOCIC

1. Daniel Cormier
2. Francis Ngannou
3. Curtis Blaydes
4. Junior dos Santos
5. Derrick Lewis
6. Alexander Volkov
7. Alistair Overeem
8. Cain Velasquez
9. Blagoy Ivanov
10. Shamil Abdurakhimov
10. Walt Harris
12. Augusto Sakai
13. Aleksei Oleinik
14. Tai Tuivasa
15. Maurice Greene

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT

Champion: WEILI ZHANG

1. Jessica Andrade
2. Rose Namajunas
3. Tatiana Suarez
4. Nina Ansaroff
5. Joanna Jedrzejczyk
6. Claudia Gadelha
7. Michelle Waterson
8. Carla Esparza
9. Marina Rodriguez +1
10. Cynthia Calvillo +1
11. Alexa Grasso -2
12. Felice Herrig
13. Tecia Torres
14. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
15. Cortney Casey

WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT

Champion: VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

1. Katlyn Chookagian
2. Jessica Eye
3. Joanne Calderwood
4. Liz Carmouche
5. Jennifer Maia
6. Viviane Araujo
7. Andrea Lee
8. (T) Roxanne Modafferi
8. (T) Lauren Murphy
10. Alexis Davis
11. Montana De La Rosa
12. Maycee Barber
13. Mara Romero Borella
14. Antonina Shevchenko
15. Gillian Robertson

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT

Champion: AMANDA NUNES

1. Germaine de Randamie
2. Ketlen Vieira
3. Holly Holm
4. Julianna Pena
5. Aspen Ladd
6. Raquel Pennington
7. Yana Kunitskaya
8. Marion Reneau
9. Irene Aldana +1
10. Sara McMann -1
11. Macy Chiasson
12. Lina Lansberg
13. Nicco Montano
14. Sijara Eubanks
15. Bethe Correia

What do you think about the new UFC rankings update?

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Weili Zhang Explains Why She Wants To Fight Valentina Shevchenko

After Weili Zhang beat Jessica Andrade at UFC Shenzhen to become the new strawweight champion, she called for a fight with flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko. Why she wants to fight Shevchenko is simple. She wants to prove she is the best in the …

After Weili Zhang beat Jessica Andrade at UFC Shenzhen to become the new strawweight champion, she called for a fight with flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko. Why she wants to fight Shevchenko is simple. She wants to prove she is the best in the world and to do that, she needs to fight the best. “I […]

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Weili Zhang Explains Why She Wants To Fight Valentina Shevchenko

Weili Zhang is the UFC’s new strawweight champion and is now eyeing a second belt. She wants to fight flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko next. Why she wants to fight against Shevchenko is simple. Weili Zhang wants to test herself against the best in the world. “I really want to fight Valentina because I think Valentina […]

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Weili Zhang is the UFC’s new strawweight champion and is now eyeing a second belt. She wants to fight flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko next.

Why she wants to fight against Shevchenko is simple. Weili Zhang wants to test herself against the best in the world.

“I really want to fight Valentina because I think Valentina is one of the best,” Weili Zhang said backstage at UFC 242 (h/t MMAJunkie). “If you want to be the best, you have to fight the best. I think it will be a very exciting fight for the fans and I believe one day we will meet, but before that I wish Valentina all the best of luck and health.”

If she defends her title at strawweight next though, there is one very important fight in the division. That is Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Michelle Waterson which headlines UFC Tampa. The fight could serve as the number one contender bout, especially if Tatiana Suarez is not healthy or needs another fight and Rose Namajunas doesn’t want to fight yet.

But, according to Weili Zhang, she says it depends on how they perform, on whether or not they get the next shot.

“Could be [for the next title shot] – doesn’t matter,” Zhang said. “It depends how they perform in their fight. Joanna is a very good striker. She has very fast hand speed. But right now, she’s not as good as she was when she was champion. This fight could go either way. Both fighters are great fighters, but I think Joanna takes this one. I’m good friends with Michelle Waterson. I hope she gets it done. If she has the right game plan, she can win.”

Regardless, Weili Zhang has options for his next fight whether or not that is at flyweight or defending her belt.

Who do you think would win between Valentina Shevchenko vs. Weili Zhang if they were to fight?

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